1957 Grand National: Results, Runners & Fallers

1957 Grand National Winner, Sundew

The 1957 Grand National was won by Sundew, who took the race at odds of 20/1. It was a success done the hard way, too, as Sundew let for almost the entire race, doing it from the front and holding onto that lead to win the race by eight lengths.

It was definitely a case of third time lucky for the horse, Sundew had tried to win the race in the previous two years but had fallen on both attempts towards the end of the race when he was getting tired.

There was none of that this season, though, he was strong enough to keep going, and jumped well to get the win.

Frank Hudson was the winning trainer, a smaller yard, and he would only actually visit the Grand National twice, this victory and when he trained Sundew the year before. He wasn’t the trainer of Sundew on his first attempt, so he ended his career with a 50% winning record in the race.

Jockey was Fred Winter, one of racing’s greats, and this was the first time he would ever win the Grand National. He would go on to win the race again as a jockey later in his career before then winning it twice as a trainer, too, making it four career victories in total.

The 35 runners included ESB, who won the race a year earlier in 1956, but he only finished 8th this time around, with a much bigger weight on his back.

Results

Result Horse Starting Price Age Handicap Prize Money Jockey Trainer
1 Sundew 20/1 11 11-7 £8793 10s Fred Winter F Hudson
2 Wyndburgh 25/1 7 10-7 - Michael Batchelor P Wilkinson
3 Tiberetta 66/1 9 10-00 - Alan Oughton E R Courage
4 Glorious Twelfth 100/8 8 11-1 - Jumbo Wilkinson Robert Renton
5 The Crofter 66/1 9 10-00 - Jimmy Power W D Francis
6 Goosander 5/1 9 11-7 - Johnny East Neville Franklin Crump
7 Sydney Jones 25/1 10 10-12 - Michael Tory P Tory
8 ESB 20/1 11 11-13 - David Dick Thomas Frederic Rimell
9 Merry Throw 40/1 9 10-12 - Tim Brookshaw W Dutton
10 Sandy Jane II 40/1 10 10-2 - Bobby Beasley P Murphy
11 Gentle Moya 28/1 11 10-6 - George Milburn C Bewicke

Non Finishers

Horse Fence Reason Starting Price Age Handicap Jockey Trainer
Rendezvous III 1 Brought Down 20/1 9 10-6 Arthur Freeman H G Bowsher
Virginius 1 Fell 50/1 8 10-12 Alan Lillingston M Vincent O’Brien
Hart Royal 1 Fell 100/7 9 10-10 Peter Pickford I Lomax
Go-Well 3 Fell 66/1 9 10-9 Piers Bengough A S Kilpatrick
Armorial III 4 Fell 50/1 8 11-1 Johnny Bullock Fulke T Walwyn
Waking 5 Fell 66/1 13 10-5 Tony Pearn J Burgess
Cherry Abbot 6 Fell 66/1 12 10-00 Grenville Underwood C H Ferrie
Royal Tan 6 Carried Out 28/1 13 11-12 Toss Taaffe M Vincent O’Brien
Irish Lizard 6 Fell 66/1 14 10-2 David Nicholson H Nicholson
Fahrenheit 8 Fell 66/1 10 10-00 T O’Brien J J Marshall
Morrcator 8 Fell 50/1 10 10-00 Leo McMorrow George R Owen
Wild Wisdom 9 Pulled Up 66/1 12 10-1 Luther Bridge L Bridge
Red Menace 10 Fell 33/1 8 10-00 Lawrence Wigham W Dutton
Carey's Cottage 10 Refused 50/1 10 10-6 Tommy Shone G B ‘Toby’ Balding
Felias 11 Brought Down 45/1 9 10-5 Bill Rees Fulke T Walwyn
Clearing 11 Fell 45/1 10 10-1 Bob Curson W Stephenson
Iceclough 11 Brought Down 28/1 11 11-3 Pat Taaffe Tom J Taaffe Snr
Tutto 11 Fell 100/6 10 10-6 Johnny Lehane M Pollard
Much Obliged 11 Fell 10/1 9 11-4 Michael Scudamore Neville Franklin Crump
Monkey Wrench 16 Pulled Up 66/1 12 10-00 Rex Hamey W Stephenson
Rose Park 20 Pulled Up 28/1 11 11-13 Graham Nicholls Peter Victor Ferdinand Cazalet
Athenian 25 Fell 66/1 8 10-7 Derek Ancil G B ‘Toby’ Balding
Four Ten 28 Fell 50/1 11 11-11 Bert Morrow A S Kilpatrick
China Clipper II 30 Fell 66/1 10 10-3 Major W D Gibson Bob Turnell